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• Body Found Near Train Tracks in Norwich

  19-09-2018 23:30
  
  A body was found near the railroad tracks in Norwich Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Ryan Coogler to produce LeBron James’ ‘Space Jam 2’

  19-09-2018 23:10
  LOS ANGELES  — “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is joining LeBron James and the “Space Jam 2” team.
  James’ production company SpringHill Entertainment tweeted Wednesday that Coogler will produce the sequel to the 1996 movie that featured Michael Jordan alongside Warner Bros.’ animated characters.
  “Random Acts of Flyness” creator Terence Nance will direct James, and Bugs Bunny, in the film.
  According to The Hollywood Reporter which f
  
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• Dozens of firefighters respond to massive commercial building fire in California

  19-09-2018 22:45
  CALIFORNIA — Dozens of firefighters are responding to a massive commercial building fire in California, according to KTLA.
  One firefighter has been sent to the hospital for unspecified injuries.
  According to KTLA, more than 100 personnel has been sent to the incident.
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• Hurricane Florence death toll climbs to 37

  19-09-2018 22:32
  WILMINGTON, N.C.  — The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet.
  President Donald Trump, meanwhile, arrived in storm-ravaged North Carolina on Wednesday and helped volunteers at a church in the hard-hit coastal town of New Bern.
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• Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Fenn Road in Newington

  19-09-2018 22:31
  
  Part of Fenn Road in Newington is closed after a serious, multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Baked before boiled: Maine restaurant treats lobsters with marijuana to ease pain before cooking

  19-09-2018 22:29
  SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine — A Maine lobster pound is experimenting with getting lobsters high off marijuana smoke before killing and cooking them, believing it is “more humane.”
  In an experiment, Charlotte Gill owner of Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, put a lobster into a box with a few inches of water and then marijuana smoke was blown into the box, WMTW reports.
  Gill, who is a licensed medical marijuana caregiver in the state of Maine, claimed that the lobster
  
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• Watertown Police Arrest Suspect in Multiple Home Burglaries

  19-09-2018 22:16
  
  Watertown police have arrested one suspect in multiple burglaries over the summer and are searching for a second.Photo Credit: Watertown Police Department
  
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• Police investigating powder found in Enfield school

  19-09-2018 21:35
  ENFIELD — Police are investigating a powder found in the bathroom of a school on Wednesday.
  Officials said a white powdery substance was found in one of the bathrooms at John F. Kennedy Middle School. Students were kept away from the bathroom and emergency personnel determined the materials did not seem suspicious, however the state DEEP should be called out of an abundance of caution. Officials said,  “Authorities also confirmed that the building did not need to be evacuated in
  
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• Stratford Man Killed in Crash

  19-09-2018 21:26
  
  A 32-year-old Stratford man injured in a crash Sunday died Sunday night, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Texas Mayor Shoots & Kills, Mini-Horse Killing Alligator

  19-09-2018 20:36
  Livingston, TX (CBS Local)- The mayor of Livingston, Texas got revenge Sunday on an alligator that allegedly ate one of her mini-horses a few years ago.
  Judy B. Cochran, elected mayor of the town in May, shot and killed a 12-foot long, 580-pound alligator at her ranch in Goodrich, Texas on Sunday night. Cochran explained to the Houston Chronicle that the family is familiar with this gator because of an incident with one of the family’s mini-horses a few years ago.
  “We think this is t
  
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• White Powder Found in Bathroom at Enfield School

  19-09-2018 20:33
  
  A bathroom at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Enfield is closed off after white powder was found in a bathroom and school officials said they have been told it did not seem to be suspicious.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bullet Holes Found in Window of West Hartford Restaurant: Police

  19-09-2018 20:06
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at a restaurant in West Hartford on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Officials Identify Powder in Hamden 'Suspicious Powder' Incident

  19-09-2018 19:42
  
  Officials have identified the powder involved in a suspicious powder incident in Hamden on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• CT National Guardsmen deploy to Afghanistan

  19-09-2018 19:28
  WINDSOR LOCKS – Loved ones looked on as 40 members of the Connecticut Army National Guard's 192nd Engineer Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company geared up to leave for a year-long deployment.
  The unit will first head to a mobilization station at an active duty base for follow-on training in the United States before leaving for Afghanistan.
  “Day to day we are going to be in command and control of subordinate route clearance units that are going to conducting route clearing
  
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• Maine Restaurant Sedates Lobsters With Marijuana Before Cooking Them

  19-09-2018 19:03
  SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (CBS Local) – A Maine restaurant is using marijuana to give lobsters a high before they’re cooked.
  Charlotte Gill, owner of Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, tells The Mount Desert Islander she has been sedating lobsters with cannabis before they are steamed, if the customer requests it. She hopes to soon sedate all lobsters before cooking them.
  “If we’re going to take a life we have a responsibility to do it as humanely as possible,&
  
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• Dodgers Getting Hot At The Right Time

  19-09-2018 19:02
  By Matt Citak
  As we have seen time and time again in sports, one of the most important aspects of winning a championship is getting hot at the right time.
  With the 2018 MLB regular season coming to a close in less than two weeks, now is the time that teams want to be playing their best baseball.
  For the Los Angeles Dodgers, that is exactly what they are doing.
  Los Angeles struggled to start the year, but a late surge from June 1 until the All-Star break brought them from four games under .500 to
  
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• Shoreline East Riders Voice Concerns

  19-09-2018 18:43
  
  Shoreline East riders are becoming increasingly frustrated with train cancellations and delays.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bullet Holes Found in Window of West Hartford Restaurant

  19-09-2018 18:36
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at Zaytoon's Bistro in West Hartford on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fan Essentials: Best NFL Stadium

  19-09-2018 18:32
  Every team enjoys the unique benefits of home-field advantage. They can take many forms, from the weather, to the energy at game time, to the overwhelming noise of the crowd. Even the NFL’s cellar-dwellers, who sometimes play home games in front of scores of opposing fans, know the field better than their opponents and get to sleep in their own beds the night before.
  Home-field advantage, though it might be small, is very real. And it can matter a lot, as anyone who’s seen Aaron Rodg
  
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• Driver Hit Quinnipiac Student in Hamden and Fled: Police

  19-09-2018 18:29
  
  Hamden police are searching for the driver who hit a Quinnipiac University student late Tuesday night and fled.
  
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• Wisconsin shooting leaves 4 injured, suspect critical

  19-09-2018 18:23
  MADISON — Four people were wounded Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire in a small Wisconsin city, police said.
  The suspect was also injured and is in critical condition, Middleton officials said.
  The motive for the shooting, which appears to have unfolded in an office building, is not yet known.
  Authorities are now in the process of clearing the building and the surrounding area.
  About 50 police cars plus the FBI responded to the scene in the 1800 block of Deming Way, Keely A
  
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• Oreo To Release Birthday Cake Flavored Cookies In Honor Of Mickey Mouse

  19-09-2018 17:54
  (CBS Local)– Mickey Mouse made his first appearance on screen 90 years ago and Oreo wants to celebrate this momentous occasion.
  Disney and Oreo worked together to create limited-edition birthday cake flavored Oreos.According to reports, the new cookies will be available nationwide starting on September 24. There will be three different designs on top of the Oreos: a party horn, a big 90 and Mickey himself.
  
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• 40 Members of CT National Guard Deploy to Afghanistan

  19-09-2018 17:54
  
  Forty Connecticut National Guard men and women are deploying to Afghanistan for a year. The 192nd Engineer Battalion departed for Texas Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 40 Members of Conn. National Guard Deploy to Afghanistan

  19-09-2018 17:15
  
  Forty Connecticut National Guard men and women are deploying to Afghanistan for a year. The 192nd Engineer Battalion departed for Texas Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Top Daily Fantasy Plays For Each Team In Week 3

  19-09-2018 16:24
  By Steve Silverman
  While your season-long fantasy team may be languishing in an 0-2 hole after the opening weeks of the season, you can cheer yourself up with daily fantasy. With each week of matchups, different players are going to be favored more or less depending on the defense they’re facing. So, we’re going to take you through who’s projected to be the top scoring player from each matchup each week as we go throughout the regular season. Let’s dive in!
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• Prank calls claiming tigers escaped zoo frightens residents and businesses

  19-09-2018 16:23
  SEATTLE, Wash. - Residents and businesses around a Seattle zoo can rest easy after learning a scary phone call they received was a prank, according to KCPQ.
  On Sunday, a robocall dialed multiple homes and restaurants near the Woodland Park Zoo, telling people to be on the lookout for a tiger that had escaped the zoo.
  The prank seemed very real because the caller used the same phone number as the Woodland Park Zoo, officials said. But it was definitely a prank.
  "Woodland Park Zoo was r
  
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• Mom makes fifth-grade son wear ‘I am a bully’ shirt to school as punishment

  19-09-2018 16:22
  SPLENDORA, Texas - A mother made her son wear a shirt that read “I am a bully” to school after she heard he had been bullying kids.
  Star, who only wanted to be referred to by her first name, had him wear the shirt Friday to Greenleaf Elementary, KTRK reported.
  "I'm a very old-school parent," she said. "I don't coddle my children. I don't sugar coat the world to them."
  The mother said she had heard that her fifth-grade son had been calling other students “stupid” and
  
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• Man pleads guilty to vandalizing ‘Field of Dreams’ in Iowa

  19-09-2018 16:02
  Austin Pape, image from the Dyersville Police Department
  DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- A man accused of vandalizing the "Field of Dreams" in Iowa pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal mischief, according to KCRG. 
  Austin Pape, 21, of Dyersville was accused of driving onto the property back in January, damaging the sprinkler system and leaving deep gashes in the field, according to police.
  Thousands of people visit the property every year, running around the bases and walking to the surr
  
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• Body found on train tracks in Norwich

  19-09-2018 16:00
  NORWICH — Police say that a body was found sometime this morning behind a business on Forest Street.
  The body was on the train tracks when it was discovered.
  Police have not said how the person may have died, or the identification of the person.
  This is a developing story. Police are still investigating.
  
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• Mississippi Sheriff compares Osama Bin Laden to Colin Kaepernick in Facebook post

  19-09-2018 15:22
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nike's decision to make former NFL star Colin Kaepernick the face of their new campaign has caused controversy across the nation.
  Now, some citizens in Marshall County, Mississippi are wondering what one elected official may have meant by sharing a picture of Kaepernick next to Osama Bin Laden on social media, according to WREG.
  Marshall County Constable Don Cothern re-posted a meme that reads, "If Bin Laden had a son."
  He has since taken down the post and issued an apolo
  
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• 2 inmates drown in police van swept away by Florence flooding

  19-09-2018 15:20
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  CONWAY, N.C. — Two South Carolina inmates drowned in a prison transport van when floodwater from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence overtook the vehicle, according to the Horry County Sheriff’s Office.
  Two deputies were able to escape the vehicle, a news release said. Harrowing police scanner audio provides details into the efforts to save the women, who could be heard talking as rescuers scrambled to save them.
  “Tonight’s incident is a tragedy. Just like you
  
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• A California couple is accused of drugging and raping women. Police suspect there are many more victims

  19-09-2018 14:31
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  A well-known surgeon from Newport Beach and his girlfriend are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting two women, and Southern California authorities said they believe there could be many more victims.
  Grant William Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, are charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance, assault with intent to commit sexual offense, and possession of a controlled substance for sale. Robicheaux is also accused of fi
  
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• Rockville Man Accused of Sexual Contact With Girls

  19-09-2018 14:20
  
  A Rockville man is accused of sexually assaulting girls and has been arrested. Vernon police said he is accused of engaging in manipulative behaviors that led to unwanted sexual contact.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Deputy drives off with gas hose still in tank: ‘Accidents happen to anybody’

  19-09-2018 14:02
  MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. - A picture of a King County deputy’s van with the gas hose still attached is lighting up the internet.
  According to Sgt. Ryan Abbott, this was the deputy's first time driving this particular vehicle. The deputy checked his rearview mirror, didn't immediately see anything and drove off.
  The deputy made it just a couple of blocks from the gas pump when he noticed the pump hanging out of the driver's side of the SUVaccording to KCPQ. The deputy notified his sergeant.
  The
  
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• Former classmate of Kavanaugh’s denies being at party in sexual assault allegation

  19-09-2018 13:57
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  In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, another former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh’s denies attending a party like the one described in the allegation made by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexually assaulting her three decades ago when they were teenagers.
  Patrick J. Smyth attended Georgetown Prep — an all-boys school in North Bethesda, Maryland — alongside Kavanaugh. Both men graduated in 1983. Smyth signed a letter thi
  
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• Rockville man arrested, charged with sexual assault of a minor

  19-09-2018 13:51
  VERNON — Vernon Police say they’ve arrested Andrew Curtis, 55, of Rockville, after they say he had ‘unwanted sexual contact’ with two minors.
  Police say they arrested Curtis on Monday after an investigation that spanned several months.
  During the investigations, the victims said that Curtis engaged in ‘manipulative type behaviors’ over a period of time. It eventually led to unwanted sexual contact.
  The investigation included several interviews with victims, wi
  
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• This is The New Food at the Big E

  19-09-2018 13:40
  
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• One of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers to leave prison today

  19-09-2018 13:15
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  Wanda Barzee, one of two people who abducted 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be released from a Utah prison sometime Wednesday.
  Barzee was serving a 15-year sentence when the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole unexpectedly credited her with 2,436 days for time served, moving up her release date from 2024.
  Smart, now 30, urged officials to reconsider releasing the woman who assisted in her kidnapping and rape, saying she’s still a threat to the community. Barzee’s
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing Naugatuck teen

  19-09-2018 13:00
  NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck Police are looking for 12-year-old Victoria Erlingheuser who was last seen Tuesday night.
  Police say she told her family she was planning on running away.
  She is 5’0″ and weighs 80 pounds with brown eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a black and pink dress.
  Police ask if anyone has information regarding Victoria, they are asked to call the department at 203-729-5221.Silver Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for missing people of all
  
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• Four people get cancer from donated organ in ‘extraordinary rare’ case

  19-09-2018 12:38
  e patients developed breast cancer years after their transplants, with three of them dying of the disease.
  Dr. Frederike Bemelman, professor of nephrology at the University of Amsterdam and author of the report, stressed that this is an “extremely rare” case, the first she has encountered in 20 years in the field of transplantation immunology. “There is always a small risk” of something going wrong during a medical procedure, she said. “Even if you undergo a simple
  
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• Before-and-after aerial photos show destruction, beach erosion on North Carolina coastline

  19-09-2018 12:32
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  Aerial images captured the destruction Hurricane Florence inflicted on the North Carolina coastline, from lines of houses shorn of their shingles to sand-covered streets.
  The pictures were shot by planes outfitted with cameras taking “high-definition aerial photos” and collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The photos are vital to assessing damage and organizing the assistance that’s needed.
  The latest post-Hurricane Florence photos were t
  
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• Florence aftermath is a ‘nightmare’ of swollen rivers, floods and rising deaths

  19-09-2018 12:22
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  After days of hoping for the best, Billy and Rita Sanderson waded in knee-high murky waters to see Florence’s storm damage to their home of nearly 30 years.
  They passed a car buried in floodwaters Tuesday and called out to see if anyone was in it. When no one answered, they turned their attention to their white home with dark shutters partially submerged in the waters in front of them.
  “That thing is a total loss,” Billy Sanderson told CNN affiliate W
  
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• Cooler, less humid Wednesday; Better weather heading into the weekend

  19-09-2018 11:24
  Today is Connecticut Day at the Big E, and the weather is a lot quieter than it was yesterday!
  Though the dew points are still high, it's still less humid out there than it has been. It's also going to be cooler today with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. There will also be limited sunshine today.
  There may be an isolated shower or two this evening into the overnight hours, but nothing to worry about.
  The weather going into the weekend will be better, with seasonal temperatures for the last
  
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• Details emerge in ‘extremely troubling’ slaying of golf champion Celia Barquín

  19-09-2018 05:44
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  A homeless man charged with killing an Iowa State University golfer appeared in court Tuesday morning, and a judge set a $5 million cash-only bond.
  The body of Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, was found Monday in a pond “some distance” from an unattended golf bag at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, police said.
  Court documents said she had been stabbed several times in the upper torso, head and neck. Ames police said she had been “assaulted.”
  Police have charg
  
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